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The Institute - Season 1 - Episode 01: The Boy
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00:01where are we welcome to the institute have we been kidnapped we're not monsters
00:06without our work the world would cease to be something here is not right
00:16we're gonna bring this whole place down strength
00:19we will go to war was i talking to satan but we're still in this thing let's play
00:58shout
00:59Shout, shout, let it all out
01:03These are the things I can do without you
01:09Come on, I'm talking to you
01:14Come on
01:19In Valentine's
01:23You shouldn't have to sell your soul
01:29In black and white
01:33You really, really ought to know
01:41Shout, shout, let it all out
01:46These are the things I can do without you
01:52Come on, I'm talking to you
01:57Come on
01:58Come on
02:32Come on, I'm talking to you
03:19Boys room down the hall. Third door on your right. Is there a problem?
03:30Uh, well, I'm finished.
03:40Kid, what are you even doing here?
03:42Uh, taking tests, same as you.
03:45Wait, how old are you?
03:48Uh, 14.
03:49Are you a genius? Like in a movie?
03:53Well, I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
03:58Wait, what did you get for the last question in the math about the hotel? Do you remember?
04:02Uh, it was A.
04:05Shit, are you sure?
04:25I got C.
04:28Uh, you know, that's how they get you.
04:30C is a terrific equation, really.
04:32But, uh, so you're already figuring the room tax into the nightly charge.
04:36So when you multiply everything inside the parentheses...
04:40You end up counting it twice.
04:44Yeah, it's okay, you know, I'm sure, I'm sure you got the rest of them right.
04:47No.
04:48I forgot how to calculate the fucking tax.
04:51I suck.
04:54Is it weird being you?
04:58And that's an I.
05:00There's an I?
05:01Yeah, sure.
05:02K-U-S-I.
05:04Is it strange we always play with animals I've never heard of and can't spell?
05:09Oh, nice try, Raul.
05:12Euro step into a reverse layup, nothing but net.
05:15In your dreams, Gobert clearing out for Ellis and he's gonna take his man off the dribble and you see
05:20Euro step into the...
05:21Nice shot, Phenom.
05:23You almost had it, but that Euro step is looking slick as hell.
05:26Shit, man.
05:28What's wrong?
05:29My Timberwolves jersey, man, it's ripped.
05:31I'm sure your mom can sew it.
05:32No big deal, man.
05:34Please can I have your attention.
05:36Ladies and gentlemen, the sooner we get one more volunteer, the sooner we can board you all,
05:40and we'll still have a shot at an on-time arrival.
05:43We've already been waiting here an hour.
05:46We're offering a courtesy booking on the 6.45 a.m. departure tomorrow.
05:51Oh, fucking sure.
05:53As well as a hotel voucher and a $200 credit.
05:59Oh, I know.
06:01My mistake, that's $200 cash.
06:04Oh.
06:06400.
06:08Plus the hotel and rebooking.
06:10Now she's a game show host.
06:11Do I hear a thousand?
06:15600.
06:16Ma'am.
06:18600.
06:20Plus a cash refund for my ticket.
06:22You got yourself a seat.
06:29This is Keith.
06:30Leave a message.
06:31Hey, Keith.
06:32It's Tim.
06:33Listen, I don't think I'm gonna make it out to New York after all.
06:37I hope your dad knows how much I appreciate the offer.
06:40I know he doesn't really need an extra guy on a routine exact protect, but I just think...
06:49I just really wouldn't be any good to him right now anyway.
07:20Thanks.
07:22Not a rapist?
07:24Or a psychotic?
07:25No, ma'am.
07:26Of course, that's exactly what a psychotic would say.
07:30Going as far as Maine?
07:32Duffel suggests you might be.
07:34I guess I hadn't decided.
07:37In that case, I got a proposition for you.
07:39One hand washes the other.
07:41Can you scratch my back?
07:41No.
07:42There'll be no back scratching if you don't mind.
07:44And I ain't asking.
07:46Thing is, I got a truck full of books.
07:49Forty-some boxes, each one heavier than a son of a bitch.
07:52If you help me unload and reload at each one of my stops, I'll take you as far as the
07:56public library in Denison, Maine.
07:59Who?
07:59Sounds good.
08:01Throw your stuff in the back.
08:15We were in Principal Greer's office for almost an hour.
08:20How long have the two of you been talking about MIT?
08:27Since October.
08:30Look, he said he felt that Roderick Day had taken me as far as he could.
08:35And you agree MIT's where you belong?
08:43Yeah.
08:44Yeah.
08:45Yeah, I think, I think so.
08:47You know, um, but I don't know how to say it.
08:53Try.
08:54We're talking about uprooting our lives here, so try.
09:03There's just, there's so much I want to learn and figure out.
09:08It makes me feel so small.
09:12You know, I have this dream, and I'm standing on the edge of an abyss, and it's full of all
09:18the things I don't know.
09:19And, well, I guess an abyss can't be full, so I'll call it a chasm, but it's bottomless.
09:25And there's a bridge, and I want to walk across that bridge, and raise my hands, and then all the
09:30things from the darkness become flowing up.
09:36I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Butterfingers. I'm sorry.
09:45Look.
09:47Your brain, and what it can do, is a gift.
09:54God knows it didn't come from us.
09:57I figure that means we ought to do whatever's in our power to see how far it can take you.
10:03You know what they say about the abyss, right?
10:06You look into it, it looks right back into you.
10:12Yeah, you bet it does.
10:13Mm-hmm.
10:34Nose?
10:53It's all lights out.
10:54Copy. Standing by for your go.
10:58If the parents wake up, we might have to get wet.
11:02no choice make it 45 minutes to go coffee 45 to go
11:39so
12:17Hello?
12:18Sure can.
12:19Whatever you want.
12:30It's the last of them.
12:36Hey.
12:37Just saw a guy win an ice hockey jersey.
12:39I figure that's the good Lord telling me to get my ass back across the Vermont line.
12:44Much obliged to you for the ride, man.
12:46It's been a pleasure getting to know you.
12:52Good luck to you, Tim.
13:09My wife hates it when I'm late for dinner, so let's just get right to it.
13:17Just got off with Boston PD.
13:19Seems you forgot a few things on your application.
13:23One, 2011, you received a commendation for life-saving.
13:27Again in 2018.
13:292020, you got the officer of the year.
13:32Well, they had to give it to somebody.
13:34I always showed up on time, never called in sick, so...
13:38Okay.
13:38I don't know if that is becoming modest to your low self-esteem, but I don't like it.
13:43All right.
13:45I earned that award.
13:46I applied for this job, kind of spur of the moment.
13:50More time to think, I would put it down.
13:51But you remembered to put down the incident at Westfield Mall?
13:57I figured you had a right to know.
14:00Lieutenant I spoke to said the guy he shot had an AR in 200 rounds.
14:04It wasn't a guy.
14:05It was a kid.
14:0716 years old.
14:09And he hadn't shot anybody.
14:1116 or not, a kid threw down on a cop.
14:17There you go.
14:18Lieutenant said you were off duty.
14:21Yeah, I swung by the mall after my shift, picked up some dress shoes for a wedding.
14:26Still in uniform, this woman comes running up from the parking lot, said she just saw some guy pull a
14:31rifle out of his car.
14:32So far, so good.
14:33Yeah, yeah, right up until the moment where the responding officers smelled the alcohol on me, gave me the test.
14:41I had two old-fashions of beachcombers right before I hit the shoe store.
14:47You were off duty.
14:49But in uniform.
14:51Department let me pick.
14:54Resignation or dismissal.
14:55You ordinarily a drinking man?
14:58I was.
14:59After that, for a while.
15:01Long enough to end my marriage, but not anymore.
15:06If I were to breathless you right now, what would you blow?
15:09Go ahead and find out.
15:12No.
15:13Don't believe I will.
15:16I don't believe I need to.
15:20Well, son, you are ridiculously overqualified for this job.
15:24But if you want it, it's yours.
15:26Well, if I want it.
15:28All right.
15:30You start tonight, 8 to 6.
15:32Just like that.
15:33Just like that.
15:36Just like that.
15:55Don't let me know.
16:02Just like that.
16:02Oh, man.
16:04Just like that.
16:06Oh my God.
16:10Oh my God.
16:15Oh my God.
16:19Oh my God.
16:33I don't know.
17:02I was going to change it to I choose to be crappy, but they might take away my pen.
17:07Yeah, sometimes they let shit slide, sometimes they don't.
17:11Name's Kalisha.
17:12We'll also respond to Shao.
17:13Uh, what's happening here?
17:16Where are we?
17:17Welcome to the Institute.
17:19Institute of what?
17:21Okay, yeah, I remember how many questions I had my first day.
17:25You know, it's usually just easier...
17:27Are we still in Minneapolis?
17:33No.
17:34Definitely not in Minneapolis.
17:36And more Toto, we're in Maine.
17:38Well, at least that's what they say.
17:40Who's they?
17:42You really can't stop yourself, can you?
17:45Is that a smart kid thing?
17:48Why would you say that?
17:50They give us a rundown of all the new arrivals.
17:52Your name's Lugelis.
17:53You're from Minneapolis.
17:54You like basketball and chess.
17:57And you're smart.
17:58So, how smart are you?
18:00No, no.
18:01Um, I think the real question is, are you TK or TP?
18:04That's the one thing they never tell us about the newbies.
18:07Yeah, you lost me.
18:09TP is telepathy.
18:11TK is...
18:12Telekinesis.
18:13So, which are you?
18:15Supposedly, no one's both when they get here, but I'm thinking TK.
18:21I'm TP.
18:22You read minds?
18:24I always have been able to.
18:26Off and on.
18:30Well, sometimes things move around me, but that can't be enough to...
18:35To land you here.
18:38Have we...
18:41Have we been kidnapped?
18:42They call it recruited.
18:45Like by the military?
18:47I don't know.
18:50Do our parents know where we are?
18:51Can we talk to them?
18:53No, actually, apparently our work here is too classified for any contact with the outside.
19:00I mean, well, someone must run this place.
19:03Ms. Sigsby.
19:04Except for the medical stuff.
19:06That's Dr. Hendricks.
19:08Medical stuff?
19:08Oh, it's just tests, mostly.
19:10And shots.
19:11Lots of shots.
19:12Um, at least that's what it's like in front half.
19:15We're in front half right now.
19:16Is there a back half?
19:17Yeah, where we go when we graduate front half.
19:20We can see it from the playground.
19:21No, not here, but I can't really tell you what's going on in there.
19:25No contact.
19:26What does Sigsby and Hendricks say?
19:28They're not real big on answering questions.
19:30When do I get to meet them?
19:32Hard to say.
19:34They usually let the newbies wander a while first.
19:36Hmm.
19:40Why would they do it like that?
19:43No one's ever thought to question that.
19:46If you'd read his file, you'd know.
19:51They want to tell us this place isn't so bad and figure we're more likely to accept it coming from
19:57another kid.
19:59Predicts he'll notice things others won't.
20:02Goes on at great lengths about his observational and analytical powers.
20:06Why make up our rules?
20:13You know, if the boy's as smart as you say, we should be considering him for the PC track.
20:19We're not having this conversation again.
20:21Why can't we...
20:22PC tracks on indefinite hold.
20:24My main priority is keep the conveyor belt moving.
20:30You've seen the latest target packages.
20:33You know how tight the keyhole's gotten?
20:40Do you have my own ear?
20:43What do you always think?
20:44He's talking to himself.
20:46Yeah.
20:47Benny does that a lot.
21:00I think he's ready for me.
21:08You know, it's actually not so bad here.
21:10We have video games, movies.
21:12The playground's open until late.
21:15Um, just...
21:16Hey, just make sure you do what they tell you to.
21:20Also, by the way, have you ever had chickenpox?
21:22What?
21:25Kaleesha.
21:30Luke.
21:31Miss Thigsby would like a word with you.
21:34Get changed.
21:5575 years ago.
21:56I bet this was state-of-the-art.
21:59It's actually kind of cool.
22:03Retro.
22:06Three spots in town have punch keys for it to mark your progress.
22:09Punch it at each end of Water Street.
22:11First at the station, then at the bank.
22:13Once more at Hopper's Jewelry on garish, then back to the station.
22:17Rest of the doors you can mark with chalk.
22:19Just wipe it off on your way back.
22:21It's a 2.3-mile loop.
22:23At Whitlock, used to make, uh, six circuits each shift.
22:27So that's what, uh, 14 miles?
22:31I guess I'll be getting my steps in.
22:32Sure, and I'll work out a schedule.
22:34We'll get you nights off each week.
22:35Probably Monday, Tuesday.
22:36Town's usually pretty quiet after the weekend, but we might have to shift you.
22:39If you stick around, that is.
22:43You have some issue with me, Officer Gullickson?
22:46If so, speak now.
22:50Only time will tell.
22:52Thing is, we're a good crew.
22:54We're small, but good.
22:56Here's some guy off the street.
22:58People joke about a night knocker, but it's key for a force as small as ours.
23:03Outs of prevention's worth a pound of cure.
23:05My grandpa used to say that.
23:07Okay.
23:08He was a night knocker.
23:11Why I applied.
23:13Night knocker's an analog job in a digital age.
23:17Maybe we're just an analog town.
23:20I sure hope so.
23:36Is there a stack house?
23:37Sure, can you for whatever you want?
23:41Wait, that's the first thing.
23:43No.
23:44That's the first thing.
23:56Welcome, Luke.
23:59So, you have met Mr. Stockhouse, Chief of Security, and this is Dr. Hendricks.
24:06He's the architect of the cutting-edge science we do here.
24:09My name is Ms. Sigsby, and I'm...
24:12I'm the boss.
24:13I know.
24:14And you know I know because you watched Kalisha tell me.
24:17So, why don't we get to the part where you tell me what's going on here?
24:21Sorry.
24:22Sorry.
24:22You're just cooler than most of the first-dayers we see.
24:26You went through all this trouble to get me here, and now you want me to, what, cry and scream
24:31and beg you to take me home?
24:33Would it do any good?
24:34Not at all.
24:36Please sit.
24:40Thank you, Dr. Hendricks.
24:43I'll take it from here.
24:46Looking forward to working with you.
24:58Sometimes our new arrivals will lash out in their disorientation, so Mr. Stockhouse escorts each of you until we're satisfied
25:09that you're not going to hurt anyone, yourself included.
25:13But you're not going to hurt anyone, are you, Luke?
25:19No.
25:20No.
25:27Have a soda.
25:31Okay.
25:33Jellybean.
25:35Why?
25:36So you can see which color I choose?
25:39Get a sense of my personality?
25:41No.
25:42Because I like jellybeans.
25:43I thought you might like them, too.
25:46But you like to analyze, I gather.
25:50The more I focus on logic, the less I have to think about being kidnapped.
25:55That's not a word we use here.
25:58Right.
25:58Recruited.
25:59Well, let me be the first to say congratulations.
26:06For?
26:07For being here.
26:09The work you're about to become a part of is without a doubt the most important work taking place anywhere
26:19on Earth.
26:20You are, without question, about to participate in Saving the World.
26:26Okay.
26:27I want to talk to my parents now.
26:29As Kalisha told you, that's not possible.
26:33Let me talk to them and I'll do whatever you want.
26:36This isn't a negotiation, Luke.
26:39A boy with your intellect shouldn't have any trouble understanding.
26:47Without our work, the world as we know it would cease to be.
26:54That's bigger than any of us.
26:56It's my responsibility to see that that work gets done.
27:00So, it will get done.
27:04And what exactly is our work?
27:07I'll leave it to your fellow recruits to fill you in on that.
27:12You're more likely to accept it coming from another kid.
27:16Actually, that's another word we try not to use.
27:20You're not kids.
27:21Not here.
27:22There's no bedtime.
27:23There's no chores.
27:25There's no food you're not allowed.
27:28Doing grown-up work?
27:29You should be treated like grown-ups.
27:31But at the same time, bear in mind, this is not your home.
27:37This is not your school.
27:40Here, to break a rule, there's a grown-up consequence.
27:45And what are those rules?
27:48Glad you asked.
27:49The main rule is follow any order given from a staff member without question or delay.
27:56You'll be given a number of injections.
28:00You'll be given a number of tests.
28:03You will comply with all of them.
28:05You won't, with maybe a few exceptions, find them excessively unpleasant.
28:14Your mental and physical condition will be monitored regularly.
28:18And then when you come to the end of your service, we'll wipe your memory.
28:22Send you home.
28:24Home?
28:26To my parents?
28:27Yes, of course.
28:30Are they alive?
28:32Yes, of course they're alive.
28:34We're not monsters.
28:37Do they know where I am?
28:40Generally.
28:41At any rate, I think you'll find your time here will pass quite quickly, Luke.
28:50And when you leave us, and when you wake up in your own bed one morning, none of this will
28:59have happened.
29:00The only sad part is you won't have the memory of the great privilege of having been asked to serve
29:08not just your country, but humanity.
29:12How many people does each kid here know?
29:15School, families, you can't just wipe all their memories.
29:20I think you'd be surprised what we can do.
29:29Pleasure meeting you.
29:33My room is not supposed to make me feel comfortable, right?
29:41You're just supposed to let me know you're trying to make me comfortable.
29:46I know.
29:47This feels like a very dark time for you, Luke.
29:53But if you'll simply do as you're told, before you know it, you'll be back out in the sunshine.
30:01Maybe hitting some baskets with Ralph.
30:10All right, get off.
30:12All right, guys.
30:14You're welcome.
30:15All right, 보여드� desktop.
30:21All right?
30:28All right.
30:28You're welcome.
30:29All right.
30:52I'm telling you, Patriots, my outsider army, I'm giving you these straight notes.
30:57They don't want you to know. Even they don't think you can handle the truth. But we can handle it.
31:06Must be Ed Whitlock's replacement. I heard a rumor they found one.
31:12Tim Jameson, new night knocker.
31:15Annie Ledoux, old weirdo.
31:19Hey, remind me, who was this guy again?
31:22You don't know George Allman. Still got your blinders on, huh?
31:28Do you have any fillings?
31:31Sorry?
31:31Open your mouth.
31:34Because...
31:34That's how they listen.
31:38Ah.
31:41Ah.
31:42Ah.
31:42Oh, good. Someone was smart enough to get you gold.
31:47Well, that was the army, and I'm sure they just got whatever was cheapest.
31:50You know, they might have remembered where porcelain comes from.
31:57You, uh, you think that the Chinese government is bugging our mouths?
32:06Kidding, right?
32:08Am I? Sport?
32:13My mom used to call me Sport.
32:15I know.
32:17After the fella from that stage show, with all the black folks in it, um...
32:22Pork and... Pork and beans or something.
32:25Porky and Bess?
32:29How do you know that?
32:32Hmm.
32:33Do yourself a favor.
32:35Start listening to George's Gems.
32:39Because there are things going on every day in this world
32:43that you would not fucking believe.
33:11Looks like I just barely caught you.
33:14Thought I had 48 hours liberty.
33:16Just touching base.
33:19You got the dossier for the next recruit?
33:22Yeah.
33:23Kid's got a chaotic family situation.
33:25Might complicate the snatch.
33:27Makes the cover story easier.
33:29Soon as you're back, we'll go through scenarios.
33:32Make sure you know the dossier.
33:35I always do.
33:41The Ellis snatch...
33:43It was no good looking backward.
33:45It went how it went.
33:47It only went wrong because they made us rush it.
33:54Soon as the MIT news broke, the Ellis kid was going to get a bunch of publicity.
34:00The decision was made.
34:01Well, I wish those bastards would come with us on an op sometime.
34:04See the consequences of their decisions.
34:10Sorry, sir.
34:13I've been warned from the tsunami.
34:19I wish I was your son.
34:19But he looked for a moment.
34:33I messed up.
34:36What would I do?
35:13Hey, we got a bogey.
35:15Copy that.
35:40How can we help you folks?
35:43I don't know.
35:44I guess we took the wrong exit off of 161.
35:47And by the time we realized that we're a mile deep in these woods, we got no cell service.
35:51Yeah, these pines, they play hell with your signal.
35:57What's over there?
35:59Infectious disease lab.
36:03Nasty stuff.
36:08So, straight back the way you came.
36:10Okay.
36:11Left on the fire road.
36:13They're right at the port.
36:15Just put you right back on.
36:16Left, then right.
36:17Let's go, Will.
36:19Yeah, we're going.
36:20Thanks.
36:21Sure thing.
36:21Folks, take care.
36:38Ms. Zigsby explain about the tokens?
36:42No.
36:44You'd think she'd remember as many intakes as she's done.
36:50Tokens are a reward for being a good cooperator.
36:54Let you get treats from the vending machines.
37:04Hey, pretty lady.
37:05How's it going?
37:06Just fine.
37:11How about you, Luke?
37:12Are Justin okay?
37:18Silent treatment, huh?
37:20It's fine for now.
37:22Here's the thing.
37:23Treat us right, we'll treat you right.
37:25Go along to get along.
37:28Words of wisdom, Luke, my boy.
37:30Words of wisdom.
37:32Come on in.
37:39We won't be a minute.
37:43Have a seat, champ.
37:52Hmm.
37:54Hop on up, I said.
37:57What are you going to do?
37:58Tattoo me?
38:01Gosh, no.
38:02I'm just going to trip your earlobe.
38:03No biggie.
38:04All our guests get them.
38:05It's like getting a piercing.
38:07I'm not a guest.
38:07I'm a prisoner.
38:08And you're not putting anything in my ear.
38:12I am, though.
38:14Look, it's just a little pinch.
38:15Be over quick.
38:16Maureen will give you a bunch of tokens.
38:18What do you say?
38:19No.
38:28Are you sure?
38:31Yeah.
38:52I bet that smarts a lot more than a little pinch in the ear, huh?
38:57You want another?
38:58No.
39:00You ready to get in the chair?
39:13Now, are you going to behave?
39:16Or do we need the straws?
39:17Cave.
39:32All right, champ.
39:33You're all done for now.
39:35Grab you some gauze for that ear in case it bleeds.
39:38Put some ice on it, and you have yourself a great rest of the day.
39:46Evening.
39:56Hey there.
39:57Hmm.
39:58Tim, meet Bedelia.
40:01Oh.
40:01She likes to greet all our guests.
40:04Bedelia?
40:07How's night knocking?
40:08Yeah.
40:09Um, it's only been one night, but so far so good.
40:12You say so.
40:13Me, I wouldn't be caught dead working for Chief Snowflake's piss-in outfit.
40:17Even if it meant getting to stare Officer Gullickson's ass all day.
40:22She is in peace.
40:26You have a good night, Mr. Hudson.
40:30What, did I offend you?
40:32Hi.
40:34You, uh, going my way?
40:36Re-supply run.
40:38Georgia's drive-time show is having a marathon this weekend.
40:42I can't risk losing comms.
40:45Well, you want me to pull this thing to your place?
40:47Just got to stop by the station, start my shift.
40:49Might make it slow going for you, but...
40:51Huh.
40:51I can clear my schedule.
40:54Okay, then.
40:55Let's do it.
40:57Don't think I didn't see you talking to him.
41:00Mr. Hollister?
41:01If I'm living in this hotel, why wouldn't I talk to him?
41:04That man, where's my reception?
41:17Hey.
41:18Hey.
41:20Mystery Lady Returns.
41:21Ha, I told you.
41:23Sometimes I have to go out of town unexpectedly.
41:30Hey, Alex.
41:33Got it.
41:35Now, um, where did we leave things off last time?
41:39You were starting to tell me about the place you work.
41:42Oh, that's funny.
41:43I don't remember that.
41:45Maybe we're pretty drunk.
41:47Me?
41:48Never.
41:48Seriously, why can't you talk about it?
41:51We've been over this.
41:52I just can't.
41:54Especially not with you.
41:56You knew I was a journalist when we met.
41:58It's not like I was undercover.
42:00Yeah, but I didn't approach you because I wanted to talk.
42:04There you go.
42:05Oh, thanks.
42:06No?
42:08Well.
42:08You know, everyone in Denison has a theory about what you're really doing out there in
42:13the woods.
42:15Casey at the gas station, he says that you guys inherited the alien spacecraft after Area
42:2151 was compromised.
42:23That's why drones aren't allowed to fly over.
42:25Alien spacecraft, huh?
42:27Well, then again, June at the diner, she says you're running a flavor lab, like for snack
42:34foods, and all the security is to safeguard the secret recipe, herbs and spices.
42:43What do you say?
42:44I say a girl hot as you, don't give a fuck what she does for work.
43:15I would never do that, but I might be.
43:30Hey, I'm here to bring you to dinner.
43:32Oh, you've got your jewelry.
43:34Yeah, I guess I probably should have warned you about that.
43:37Well, I don't think it would have made much of a difference, but, you know, besides I
43:41was having a lot of dumb-tonging me out at one time.
43:45Okay, come on.
43:46Let's go.
43:48Everyone's excited to meet you, Nikki included, even if he is too cool to show it.
43:56Uh, I got a little, uh, sidetracked last time before we finished discussing how you read
44:03minds.
44:04Right.
44:05How does it work?
44:06Um, it's actually not as cool as people think it is.
44:09I can tell you your grandmother's name, but only if you put it in the front of your mind.
44:14I can't go deep.
44:16Okay.
44:24Rebecca.
44:27I mean, that's still pretty fucking cool.
44:34All right.
44:35It's not true love or anything, so I don't get that idea.
44:38Might not even be a favor, but it could be.
44:42Three days after I landed here, they put me into a quarantine for almost two weeks.
44:45No shots for knots.
44:50What the hell does that mean?
44:52Point is, maybe I'm still contagious.
44:55You might catch it, and it'll keep you in front half a little longer.
44:59But I thought back half was a good thing, you know, one step closer to home.
45:03It is.
45:05Supposedly.
45:05Give me some.
45:07Seriously.
45:08It's better off your plate.
45:09George, no.
45:11Hey, guys.
45:12Luke, right?
45:13George Isles.
45:14Bet you Isles already told you all about me.
45:16I'm like a god to it.
45:18Such a loser.
45:19I'll grab you something.
45:19I'm Iris.
45:21Uh, glad to meet you, both.
45:23How do you like it here so far?
45:25Great time or the greatest time?
45:28Yo, I don't even know what here is.
45:31Join the club on that.
45:33Reminds me.
45:33You're TK, right?
45:35Neg or pause?
45:37Uh, I don't.
45:38A positive means that we can do it when we want.
45:40At least most of the time.
45:41Oh, well, then I'm Neg, then.
45:44Sure.
45:44Yeah, I can't even wiggle my ears.
45:47Yes, TK Neg.
45:48Wait till I tell Nikki.
45:49They've been betting on what the new kids will be.
45:51George always takes TK Neg.
45:53Because it's the most common pedestrian, if you will.
45:56No offense, Luke.
45:56But TK, pause.
45:58That's, that's rarefied air.
46:33George, knock it off.
46:36Clean it up.
46:39Holy shit.
46:40Sadly, that just about takes us to the limit of my ability.
46:44Doesn't exactly make me an X-Man.
46:46Sad truth is, TK's not good for much.
46:49No.
46:49Hendrix says the most an institute kid's ever lifted was like eight pounds.
46:54I wish it were possible to develop a really powerful TK.
46:58We could float ourselves the fuck out of here.
47:00Yeah.
47:02Iris has chosen to adopt Nikki's attitude about all this.
47:06She didn't choose anything.
47:07She's just open to the truth.
47:09Speak of the devil.
47:11Georgie here, on the other hand, he's our agent Mulder.
47:14He wants to leave.
47:18Believe what?
47:19Oh, that everything's gonna be all right!
47:21Nikki, do you remember what we just talked about?
47:24Right, right.
47:24Just got a little carried away greeting the new arrival.
47:27Making him feel at home.
47:28What happened to your hand?
47:33I fell.
47:40Luke, meet Nikki.
47:45Look, Alice.
47:47Yeah, I know.
47:48They always tell us about the new kids, offer rewards.
47:51We'll show you the ropes.
47:53Not for me, though.
47:55Nikki Willem won't trade us home for beads and blankets.
47:59Speaking of, who's got tokes?
48:02You know, if you weren't such a dick, you could earn some.
48:05Sure.
48:06Instead of always mooching.
48:08Come on, cooperate.
48:09Me, never.
48:10Rebel without a mustache.
48:12Yeah, you know, it's actually kind of gross to boycott something by having your friends buy it for you.
48:17I'm not boycotting, just not cooperating.
48:22Come on, who's holding?
48:24I have two for Maureen for not crying this morning after shots for dots.
48:31Come on.
48:32I know you've got some.
48:35Come on.
48:36Whatever.
48:37Kiss ass.
48:40Come on, Alice.
48:41Let's get you something.
48:42Fun sticks.
48:50You play chess, Alice?
48:52These three suck.
48:53Diana Gibson could at least give me a half-assed game, but she went to back half three days ago.
48:59Yeah?
49:00Yeah, I play, but I've got to tell you about it.
49:03Knock in the mood.
49:04Come on.
49:05It'll be like that.
49:09Oh.
49:10Why, thank you.
49:11All yours.
49:25You know, I thought those were real cigarettes for a second.
49:28Yeah, but I thought this place couldn't get any weirder.
49:33It can always get weirder.
49:35Jesus.
49:37Is this Pleasure Island?
49:39From Pinocchio, right?
49:42Good one.
49:43So they get you.
49:44Off you all the grown-up shit we've been denied for so long.
49:48Smokes, booze.
49:49Cracker jacks.
49:50Ho-hos.
49:54Mom smelled fippy and we gave us the Arab chips.
49:56Hello.
49:57There's booze?
49:58Yeah, you know, wine coolers mostly, you know, kids still.
50:01There's even a sign that says, please drink responsibly.
50:04How old are the kids here?
50:07Bobby Washington was almost 19.
50:10Oldest we know of.
50:11He went to back half a week ago.
50:14Youngest?
50:16Ten.
50:16I think.
50:28Look, do yourself a favor and don't let Nikki pull you into this bullshit, okay?
50:33You see the dots, say so.
50:34If you don't, say that.
50:38They know when we lie.
50:51What's wrong?
50:54What if I had a story that was bigger than you can imagine?
50:59You'd be surprised what I can imagine.
51:01I'm serious.
51:06If you got a story like that, a story that could change everything, what would you do?
51:12I think you have an inflated sense of my career to this point.
51:17Truth is, I'm still just a stringer for a local daily.
51:22Circulation under 10,000.
51:23Negligible online presence.
51:24Well, who then?
51:26Might you know people?
51:30I guess I might.
51:38What if I've spent my whole life on the wrong path?
51:43What if this is my one shot at redemption and even that's not enough?
51:49I just...
51:52Do you think there's a hell?
51:57I know there is.
52:13You're right, she was unreliable.
52:15Was?
52:16It's taken care of.
52:18I need a cleaning crew.
52:19Do you have my location?
52:23I have you.
52:24Sit tight.
52:48Thanks.
52:57No.
53:11Bye.
53:12Love you.
53:14Bye.
53:15Bye.
53:16Bye.
53:18Let's go.
54:03It's hard to keep the playground open at night but not bother to light it.
54:07Uh, anybody flying over, knowing them wondering what's going on all night, you know?
54:14Middle of the deep, Maine wilderness.
54:19At least there's a moon tonight.
54:22Enough for chess, anyway.
54:25Yeah, I'm still not in the mood.
54:26Come on.
54:27What else have we got to do?
54:53I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand.
54:58Walkin' through the streets of Soho in the rain.
55:03He was lookin' for the place called Lee Ho Fooks.
55:08Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein.
55:11Ah-hoo, werewolves of London.
55:16Ah-hoo.
55:22Ah-hoo, werewolves of London.
55:26Ah-hoo.
55:30Ah-hoo.
55:31Ah-hoo.
55:31You hear him howlin' around your kitchen door.
55:36You'd better not let him in.
55:40Little old lady got mutilated late last night.
55:43Where werewolves of London again.
55:49Ah-hoo, werewolves of London.
55:54Ah-hoo.
55:58Ah-hoo.
56:01Ah-hoo, werewolves of London.
56:03Ah-hoo.
56:07Ah-hoo.
56:18Is it a checkmate?
56:20What was that, five moves?
56:22Six.
56:22And it's, uh, smothered, mate.
56:25It only works if your opponent waits too long to move the pieces next to their king.
56:31Yeah, next time you will.
56:32Plus, I was playing hurt.
56:34Right from your fall.
56:38How smart are you?
56:42I don't know.
56:44Why?
56:45I need to decide, are you the kid I've been waiting for?
56:48Smart enough to know we can't stay in this place.
56:52Or are you like the others?
56:54Can't handle the truth, so they talk themselves into a fairy tale.
56:57You know, we get our memories wiped, go on with our lives like all this never happened.
57:02Even Kalisha's still trying to believe in it.
57:06Everyone but you.
57:09I grew up in group homes and foster care.
57:13You learn not to believe in stories.
57:17You also learn that nobody's coming to the rescue.
57:24I mean, if anybody knew about this place, it would already be shut down.
57:33Yeah, we want out.
57:34We get ourselves out.
57:38So, smart kid, how do we get the fuck out of here?
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